Re: FLASH: Random Twice

[John Croteau]

Hi Peter,


Hi Peter,


> 10 names plus photo's of players: in 10 mc's, named P0 to P9

> Numbers 1 to 10

> I have to draw:

> - a Random Player's name

> - a Random number

> This is repeated 10 times (in fact 9 times for the last draw ther's only one

> candidate.

> So each time a name is picked it is to be deleted before the next draw..

> How do I go about doing this?

You need to keep two lists of used numbers. One list for the names 

and one for the Numbers. Then you generate a random numbers aand check

them against the appropriate List. If the item is on the List you

generate a number until you hit one not on the list.


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